Archive | April 20, 2013

PALESTINE NEWS | April 20, 2013

آخر الأخبار والتحديثات April 20, 2013 | 24152 Days Since Al-Nakba – Gaza is under siege for 2138 days For news of previous news days | Daily News Overviews Follow on Twitter for more live updates Continuous updates.. RI diplomacy prioritizes Palestinian independence – Jakarta Post http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/04/20/ri-diplomacy-prioritizes-palestinian-independence.html UNICEF tones down report on child detainees in […]

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Settlers attack farmers north of Hebron

Maan News Agency | April 20, 2013   HEBRON (Ma’an) — Settlers attacked a group of farmers north of Hebron on Saturday, a local committee said. Committee spokesman Muhammad Ayad Awad told Ma’an that Hamad al-Sulaibi, 78, was working his land with his nephews when 13 settlers started throwing stones at them in an area […]

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Salhab: Jewish fanatics built 70 schools, synagogues near Aqsa

[ PIC 20/04/2013 – 07:34 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The chairman of the Islamic Awkaf Council in occupied Jerusalem, Sheikh Abduladheem Salhab, has revealed that Jewish fanatics had built 70 religious schools, synagogues, and museums in the vicinity of the Aqsa mosque. He called for amalgamating efforts to foil the “Zionist schemes” that aim […]

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Four citizens including old lady wounded in confrontations with Israeli occupation soldiers

[ PIC 20/04/2013 – 07:55 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Four Palestinians, including an old lady in her seventies, were wounded in confrontations with Israeli occupation forces (IOF) near Ramallah afternoon Friday. Eyewitnesses told the PIC in a telephone contact that IOF soldiers arrested ten demonstrators, who sought refuge in a building after it was stormed […]

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VIDEO | Australian universities starting to boycott Israel

PressTV | Published on Apr 20, 2013 The boycott, divest and sanction campaign, known as the BDS campaign, is a global civil movement that strongly opposes Israel’s occupation of Palestine. It says it hopes to promote a message of impunity of Israel in its serial breaches of international law and internal humanitarian law. The BDS […]

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CEPR calls for prohibiting entry of settlers into Europe

[ PIC 20/04/2013 – 04:08 PM ] BRUSSELS, (PIC)– The Council for European-Palestinian Relations (CEPR) hailed on Saturday the European Union’s “advanced” attitudes regarding the Palestinian issue. It said that the latest such attitude was the EU foreign ministers’ support of the decision to label the products imported from the Israeli settlements on Palestinian land […]

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VIDEO | In-depth conversation on US Middle-East policy with Rashid Khalidi ~ by Palestine Studies TV

April 15, 2013 Palestine Studies TV host Omar Baddar sits down with Dr. Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies, Columbia University, and editor of the Journal of Palestine Studies, to discuss past and present U.S. Middle-East policy as well as his new book, “Brokers of Deciet: How the U.S. Has Undermined Peace […]

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European study condemns UN inaction regarding condition of Palestinians in Syria

Overview | The Genocide on Palestinian Refugees in Syria [ PIC 20/04/2013 – 03:26 PM ] LONDON, (PIC)– A European legal study called for providing security, legal and relief protection for Palestinian refugees inside the camps in Syria and on its borders with Lebanon and Jordan. The study issued by the Euro-Mediterranean Observatory for Human […]

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IOF soldiers serve summons in Bethlehem village, close main road in Al-Khalil

[ PIC 20/04/2013 – 03:26 PM ] BETHLEHEM, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) served a summons to a young man in Husan village, Bethlehem province, on Saturday after storming and searching his family home. Local sources said that IOF soldiers broke into the home of 19-year-old Daoud Al-Shaer’s family home and ordered him to appear […]

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MP Abu Halabiya warns of continued Israeli tunneling under al-Aqsa mosque

[ PIC 19/04/2013 – 03:33 PM ] GAZA, OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– MP Ahmed Abu Halabiya, head of Jerusalem Committee in the Palestinian Legislative Council, warned of the continued Israeli tunneling under and around al-Aqsa mosque. During a press conference in Gaza on Thursday, Abu Halabiya stated that the Israeli occupation escalated its Judaization schemes in […]

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Israel bars 26 Gaza runners from 1st West Bank marathon

Palestinian Olympic athlete Nader al-Masri (L) and a fellow runner speed along the waterfront in Gaza City. (File photo) PressTV | Sat Apr 20, 2013 12:38PM The Israeli regime has barred 26 Palestinian runners from the Gaza Strip to take part in a marathon in the occupied West Bank. The Gaza runners, including former Olympics […]

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Hamas MP warns of new Israeli war on Gaza with American blessing

[ PIC 20/04/2013 – 02:04 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– A Hamas MP has warned of an American green light to Israel to launch a new war on the Gaza Strip in light of recent Israeli fiery remarks. Israeli war minister Moshe Yalon had threatened to launch a new military operation against Gaza and to strike […]

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General Palestinian rejection to allow Jews to pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque

[ PIC 20/04/2013 – 01:47 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Islamic Endowment, Higher Islamic Authority and the Council of Endowments condemned the Likud MP Miri Regev’s announcement of her intention to storm Al-Aqsa Mosque to examine possibility of permitting Jews to pray in the place. Sheikh Sabri, head of the Higher Islamic Authority, told PIC’s […]

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Palestinian prisoner suffers speaking difficulty after wrong injection

[ PIC 20/04/2013 – 01:39 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– A Palestinian captive in the Israeli occupation jails, sentenced to life imprisonment, is suffering from a serious health status after his jailers gave him wrong injections. The Ministry of Prisoners and Ex-prisoners’ Affairs said that the captive Naim Younus Shawamra, aged 43 from al-Khalil and who […]

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Israel’s occupation forces declares Kufr Qaddoum village closed military zone

[ PIC 20/04/2013 – 11:03 AM ] QALQILIA, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) declared Kufr Qaddoum village, east of Qalqilia city, a closed military zone on Saturday morning and prohibited entry into it. Eyewitnesses said that IOF troops converged on the village since the early morning hours and set up a roadblock at the […]

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